Issue 5 Released

Cover Image: Dave Ritchie on the Kokatahi River, photo by Kevin England
Issue 5 of CUMEC Magazine is now available.

Inside this Issue:

Olympics: Past, Present and Future
Interview: Rob Bell
Wairoa Extreme Race
Destination: Malaysia
Trick Tip: The Flip Turn by Anthony Yap
Full Drytop Review

plus all the regular features.

Final chance for Olympic qualification

This weekend is the 2nd Slalom World Cup for 2008, this also stands as the last opportunity for New Zealand paddlers James Dawson and Luuka Jones to qualify for the Beijing Olympics.

Last weekend both Dawson and Jones competed at the first world cup event but failed to reach the qualifying standard of being inside the top 16 nations.

The event is being held in Tacen and for live coverage of the event visit:

Official World Cup Site

Mike Dawson wins at Voss Extreme Week in Norway

Mike dawson has put his Olympic dreams on hold; instead Dawson is travelling in Norway exploring the steep creeks that Norway is famous for. Mike is travelling with fellow Kiwi's Josh Neilson, Bradley Lauder and Sam Sutton. Over the last few days their goal has been the Voss Extreme Week event, one of the largest Extreme Sports events in the world.

Dawson made the most of the opportunity and won the downriver race ahead of Italian Michelle Ramazza. Mike was the only New Zealander inside the top ten for this event as Sam Sutton placed 11th. Attention turned to the teams race where it was an amazing display of Kiwi-Boating with each of the top three teams having Kiwi Paddlers.

1st Mike Abbot (NZ), Andy Phillips(UK) and Allan Ellard (UK)
2nd Mike Dawson (NZ), Sam Sutton (NZ) and Bradley Lauder (NZ)
3rd Josh Neilson (NZ) Michelle Ramazza (ITA) Benjamin Hjort (NOR)

The final kayaking event for the week is a head to head race being held today.

Issue # 4 of CUMEC - out soon

Here's the cover for the next issue of CUMEC Magazine. Which will be released in early March.



Paddler: Jared Meehan
Location: Godafoss, Iceland
Photo: Ben Brown

Xmas @ Kaituna Video

Here's the video for the Xmas @ Kaituna event, this was the third and final event in the NZ Freestyle Series.

Tekapo Throwdown Video

Here's a short video of the Tekapo Throwdown, event two of the NZ Freestyle Series 2007.

CUMEC Magazine Issue 2

It's finally here, Issue 2 featuring Bullerfest 2007, Upper Cherry Creek, the Lee Stream, an interview with Anthony Yap and more.

Check out http://www.cumecmagazine.com for more details.

Happy paddling

Antz